James Pearce

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James Pearce

James Pearce

@MathsPadJames

Resource writer & developer at https://t.co/v0VuzzCMYb.

London, England Katılım Kasım 2014
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Mr Hart
Mr Hart@hartmaths·
Last week, Year 9 were expanding double brackets and this week we're going to look at factorising quadratics. My Y9 group lack confidence and the focus is gradually building up each topic. Really pleased with how it went:
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Nicola Waddilove
Nicola Waddilove@MathsPadNicola·
I decided to start the probability scale this year with questions like 'if the event is unlikely, what could its probability be as a fraction?'. I think it revealed a lot about their knowledge of FDP and helped solidify the scale as going from 0 to 1. I followed it with:
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Nicola Waddilove
Nicola Waddilove@MathsPadNicola·
Hi everyone, I’m thinking about booklets & textbooks and just wondering, how does your school specify what you should teach at KS3? Is it primarily one of the following?Please add comments if something else...
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Mr Alley
Mr Alley@MathematicAlley·
@MathsPadNicola @MathsPadJames Am I right in thinking you had a task that combined sharing ratios with angle facts? I feel like this existed but I’m not sure if I imagined it andit was somewhere else! Many thanks
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James Pearce
James Pearce@MathsPadJames·
The interactive balancing equations tool in action:
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James Pearce
James Pearce@MathsPadJames·
New *free* interactive fraction bar tool for finding fractions of an amount - it extends beyond 1 whole, has a variety of units and the starting fraction doesn't have to be 1 whole! See the full MathsPad September update here: mathspad.co.uk
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James Pearce
James Pearce@MathsPadJames·
@Just_Maths "The study of abstract structures" (eg. the number system, geometry). Or at a push, "The study and manipulation of abstract structures."
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JustMaths
JustMaths@Just_Maths·
So maths Twitter … in 1 tweet reply to this and define “mathematics” …. Go! Go! Go! I’m interested to see if there is any consensus … remember your perception is your reality & there’s nowt wrong with that … #maths #mathschat #mathscpdchat
Richard Perring@LearningMaths

I don’t mind this, but think it’s a little limited. There’s something beyond the tangible that maths does (I’m thinking about, say, complex numbers) that’s not just about describing or understanding but more forward thinking than that. Exploring and predicting need to be added?

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James Pearce
James Pearce@MathsPadJames·
Our apologies for MathsPad site access issues this morning - we are aware and working to resolve as quickly as possible.
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